Those one or two seconds are enough for her to let out a bitter sort of laugh - nothing well-mannered about the undead, ever - before she's drawn into a hug. The Doctor gives good hugs, she can honestly understand why people - why so many of her friends - think that he's all warmth and kindness.
She hugs back. Unapologetically.
"Thanks, I try," she says, although calling her safe in this place is a wild stretch. Are any of them ever? She shrugs that thought off just as she distances herself from the hug, which is at this point no longer needed - they talk business.
She looks from the market to the water, then back to the Doctor. "What do you have in mind for slowing them down, exactly?"
like the time lord dragon you are
She hugs back. Unapologetically.
"Thanks, I try," she says, although calling her safe in this place is a wild stretch. Are any of them ever? She shrugs that thought off just as she distances herself from the hug, which is at this point no longer needed - they talk business.
She looks from the market to the water, then back to the Doctor. "What do you have in mind for slowing them down, exactly?"